I mean, I'm not surprised Americans misuse the term "banana republic". It's not like American schools would actually teach where that term came from in the first place or ANY of the awful shit we did in the 20th century in Latin America.
We learned about them in AP US, but it was brief & then hey the depression & new deal helped, but really the boost industry got during WWII saved the economy, new deal just helped poor people make ends meet.
I mean, I'm not surprised Americans misuse the term "banana republic". It's not like American schools would actually teach where that term came from in the first place or ANY of the awful shit we did in the 20th century in Latin America.
We learned about them in AP US, but it was brief & then hey the depression & new deal helped, but really the boost industry got during WWII saved the economy, new deal just helped poor people make ends meet.